The insider trading you're allowed to do

(coached.com)

16 points | by rohanm93 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • yawaramin 2 minutes ago
    Actually, the real legal insider trading is the trades that you _don’t_ place based on insider knowledge. Eg, if you know that the iPhone is years ahead of everything else and you happen to be holding Apple stock, then you won’t let whoever is managing your portfolio sell any of it when otherwise you may not have cared. There’s no way to prove illegality for _not_ placing a trade.
  • bananaflag 22 minutes ago
    Also see the famous case of

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine

    who left Metallica to found Megadeth.

    • pipes 4 minutes ago
      Genuine question, what inside info did he have?

      Also

      "Initial drummer Carruthers was replaced after Mustaine and Ellefson decided they could not trust him. Carruthers had chosen to hide his black heritage from them by claiming he was Spanish, and they could not understand why he would deceive them.Brett Frederickson joined the band in November 1983 as their next drummer."

      That move probably hasn't aged well. Pretty nasty.

      Edit: I can't recall which podcast I heard this, but ismtbhebthe guy that was sad that his band didn't sell as many records as Metallica?

    • elvircrn 5 minutes ago
      Completely unrelated to the article claims.
  • sixtyj 48 minutes ago
    This is not an “insider trading”, it is an insider’s knowledge (affinity to knowledge) and ability to use it.